Mitigating Factors in the Death Penalty

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Drawing Attention

News Inside Issue 17 features the opinions of justice-affected people on Trump’s felonies, and a nonfiction comic about death penalty mitigation.

News Inside • 08.01.2024

The Mercy Workers, Illustrated

Her mission was to save him from death row — by telling the story of his life.

Feature • 12.18.2023

The Mercy Workers

For three decades, a little-known group of “mitigation specialists” has helped save death-penalty defendants by documenting their childhood traumas. A rare look inside one case.

Feature • 03.02.2023

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